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HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has announced a tender process for a lunar satellite to support the country’s first crewed moon landing and subsequent missions.The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) issued the “lunar remote sensing satellite project tender announcement” on its webpages Feb. 14, inviting capable domestic enterprises and institutions to participate in the bidding process. Initial bids need to be made before March 8.The description of the planned satellite provides some insight into China’s current stated plans for its first crewed moon landing attempt, currently targeted to take place before 2030. The development comes amid uncertainty surrounding…
My name is Godspower Owie, and I was born and brought up in Edo State, Nigeria. I grew up with my three siblings who have always been my idols and mentors, helping me to grow and understand the way of life. My parents are literally the backbone of my story. They’ve always supported me in good and bad times and never for once left my side whenever I feel lost in this world. Honestly, having such amazing parents makes you feel safe and secure, and I won’t trade them for anything else in this world. I was exposed to the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down U.S. humanitarian aid and development work around the world, and he has set a five-day deadline for the administration to prove it’s complying.The judge’s ruling late Thursday cited the financial devastation that the near-overnight cutoff of payments has caused suppliers and nonprofits that carry out much of U.S. aid overseas.The ruling was the first to challenge the Republican administration’s funding freeze. It comes amid a growing number of lawsuits by government employees’ groups, aid groups and government suppliers…
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Este artículo también está disponible en español. In his testimony on Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dampened hopes for another round of quantitative easing (QE), reiterating that “QE is a tool we only use when rates are already at zero” and that the Fed remains “a long ways away from ending QT.” This stance challenges the notion that a quick pivot to aggressive easing might buoy Bitcoin and the entire crypto market as it did in past cycles. End Of The Bull Run For Bitcoin And Altcoins? Macro analyst Alex Krüger posted on X that “we are ages away…
Tesla and Zelestra have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) in Spain, securing the supply of renewable energy for the automotive company’s operations. Under the long-term 57MWac PPA, Tesla will receive around 130GWh of renewable energy annually. Supply will come from three solar plants to be built in Spain, Brazatortas I, II and IV, located in Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha) and an annual production of 146GWh. These projects account for a combined total capacity of more than 74MW (dc). Construction work on the projects is underway following the signing of the agreement. Zelestra’s chief commercial officer Ivan Nieto said:…
Shares of Roku surged more than 10% Friday, at one point reaching a new 52-week high, on earnings that beat Wall Street expectations.In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CEO Anthony Wood said more than half of U.S. broadband households now watch TV with Roku.Wood said the company added more than four million new streaming households during its most recent quarter and is on track to reach 100 million streaming households in the next year.The company’s growth was driven in part by the Roku user experience, including promoting content on its home screen, Wood told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin.”We’re the No.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system, after Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team.The audit will also review the past two years of the system’s transactions as it relates to Musk’s assertion of “alleged fraudulent payments,” according to a letter from Loren J. Sciurba, Treasury’s deputy inspector general, that was obtained by The Associated Press.The audit marks part of the broader effort led by Democratic lawmakers…
YouTube added a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for the creators on the platform on Thursday. The video streaming platform announced that Google’s Veo 2 AI model is being integrated with the Dream Screen feature. The new video generation model also adds the capability for users to generate standalone AI-generated videos. The company says the tool can be used to add footage that is not easily available or to bring an imagination to reality. Notably, Dream Screen would earlier only allow creators to add video backgrounds using AI.YouTube Shorts Now Allows Users to Generate AI VideosIn a blog post, the…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…